Lawson's Administrator v. Brandenburg

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner—

Affirming.

Clarence L. Lawson’s administrator sued Rufus Brandenburg for $25,600. The jury’s verdict was: “We the jury find for the plaintiff in the sum of $500.00 for injuries and damages. Barney M. Day, foreman.”

Plaintiff’s motion for a new trial was overruled, and, from the judgment entered on this verdict, he prosecutes this appeal.

About 6:30 p. m. Sunday, July 20, 1930, Clarence L. Lawson, with his wife and five children, were en route from Elizabethtown to Hodgenville in a Plymouth sedan. Hanson Lawson, the 18 year old son of Clarence Lawson,…